Dark, foggy, and just a bit too quiet… Sitting atop the rock cliffs, looking down into the fog filled cut, the silence and stillness of middle of nowhere West Virginia is briefly interrupted ... (more)

A loaded coal train heading up the Virginian in West Virginia.

Coal country mornings… Running on approaches behind U87, who just shoved a loaded train off the Cub Creek Branch, U86 struggles through Lincoln as fall colors make an early appearance along t... (more)

An SD70ACe and C44-9W lead the way as the U86 crew brings an empty Norfolk Southern coal train from Gilbert to the Affinity Mine for loading. After emerging from Tunnel No. 4, the train is crossin... (more)

Passing over the Guyandotte River in Wyoming County, WV, NS Train 811 slowly moves across the bridge to a Distributed Power Unit Problem.

Silhouetted against a clear night sky are the Searchlights at Control Point Simon along the Guyandot River Branch.

Central of Georgia heritage leads NS coal train #812 (Quincy,WV - Lamberts Point,VA) past the Virginian Railway searchlight bracket at 'Lincoln'.

Norfolk Southern train U86 with Ittman loads passes the Virginian Railway signal bridge at 'Simon' on NS's Guyandotte River District.

NS coal train #851 from Itmann rolls by the searchlights at 'Simon' on its way to Gilbert

A pair of NS GE's dig in with coal train #812 bound for Lamberts Point,VA passing the Virginian Railway searchlight bracket at 'Lincoln'.

Loaded Norfolk Southern coal train 80W heads west on the Guyandot River Branch and rolls under the former Virginian searchlight cantilever at Simon, West Virginia.

A pair of old logo dash 9's pull empty coal hoppers over the Guyandotte River in Simon, Wv. This train is on the small Cub Creek Branch that goes to "coal mountain" to load. The area to the right ... (more)